we got the herbs
April 23, 2012
Masking tape typography.
Wyandotte Street, April 21 2012.
Posted by jodi on April 23, 2012 at 10.11am
it took two tries to get this because i refused to take out my nose ring
April 20, 2012
Getting those other three wisdom teeth out soon. I am not very excited for this.
Posted by jodi on April 20, 2012 at 8.08am
broken city lab, two tales of a city
April 18, 2012
Here’s an installation shot of the Broken City Lab project Two Tales of a City at Hamilton Artists Inc., for which I sewed all of those many, many giant letters and metres upon metres of bunting a few months ago.
Photo courtesy of Broken City Lab
Click this link to read about the installation process and the accompanying public workshops Broken City Lab members conducted in Hamilton as part of the project.
Posted by jodi on April 18, 2012 at 3.16pm
day 21
April 17, 2012
Yup, still taking pictures of my breakfast and posting them on my tumblr page. If y’all thought twitter was killing your desire to write on your weblog, my advice is to stay away from tumblr.
Quinoa salad left over from last night’s supper: quinoa, radishes, red pepper, sweet onion, shredded Brussels sprouts, and the best balsamic vinaigrette I’ve ever made; I walked away from the vinegar on the stove and cooked it a bit longer than usual, and whisked the olive oil in more slowly, and when I poured it on the salad it was as thick as blackstrap and felt like making candy.
Watercress (so pretty!), shredded raw Brussels sprouts, thinly sliced kohlrabi, romaine lettuce.
I don’t know why Kevin is so interested, it’s not like he’d eat a single thing in this bowl. He just wants to wreak havoc with anything that belongs to me. I can’t believe I ever described this cat as “very chill“. We clearly didn’t know each other well AT ALL.
Posted by jodi on April 17, 2012 at 9.08am
today in the studio
April 16, 2012
A dress prototype I mocked up today: a simple a-line shift with casings at front and back waist for ties; centre front and back neck slightly gathered into bias binding of the same fabric. Opinions appreciated. Please keep in mind the following:
1. the dress is much too big for the mannequin;
2. the fabric is hand printed with oil based inks and hasn’t been washed, so it will soften and drape better than this;
3. armholes will be bound just like the neck but haven’t been done yet;
4. I’m just working on the cut right now and the fabric print is still in progress. It’ll have at least one more layer of printing, probably a lace design in black in the lower half of the skirt.
Posted by jodi on April 16, 2012 at 9.13pm
more fabric printing
April 14, 2012
Plaid!
For some quilts I’m going to be making for the shop.
Posted by jodi on April 14, 2012 at 9.05am
today in the studio
April 12, 2012
Fabrics overprinted with hand carved woodblock stripes in gray and pale greeny-gray. These are for summer dresses and bandannas.
Posted by jodi on April 12, 2012 at 10.18pm
in which we label all of our things with our names
April 11, 2012
Posted by jodi on April 11, 2012 at 9.00pm
stubby
April 5, 2012
I’ve been eyeing up these really nice pencil extenders for a while now, but I’m too cheap to pay the price for the ones I like and too impatient to wait for shipping from Japan. Yesterday in the studio when I was down to a tiny stub of pencil crayon (my last one in that colour), I realized I had a similar thing with a pencil sized eraser in it. That hardly ever gets used.
It fits!
Posted by jodi on April 5, 2012 at 1.11pm
power breakfast, day 8
April 4, 2012
Vegetable nori rolls with cashew pâté; a handful of sprouted mung beans.
The pâté recipe is the “ginger almond pâté” from Ani Phyo’s Raw Food Kitchen, except that instead of raw almonds I used cashews and toasted them in a pan before mashing.
Posted by jodi on April 4, 2012 at 10.59pm
